My research focuses on gender, work, occupations, family, organizations, and social inequality, and primarily uses large-scale survey data and quantitative methods. The primary goal of my research is to identify sources of gender inequality in labor market, family, and the interplay between the two. I am particularly interested in examining how macro-economic, institutional, and demographic shifts in the U.S. economy introduce new sources of gender inequality, and how these sources reinforce many forms of gender inequality, such as the gender pay gap, occupational sex segregation, and the gender gap in labor force participation.

One of my primary project explores
effects of the rising long work hour (“overwork”) on many forms of gender
inequality. Other projects explore how other characteristics of the changing economic environment (e.g., increased job mobility and
diffusion of flexible work arrangements) affect labor market inequality
between men and women and between parents and non-parents. Other related research projects examine the institutional bases of rising
income inequality, and organizational and legal processes that improve
managerial diversity.

Publications

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